DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6438

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6438

    Published: 18 Mar 2014Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6438

    Summary:

    Details: The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6438

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.9-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High